Legal Opinion
Charlton v. Montefiore Hospital
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1965PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJ. Irwin Shapiro, J.
This is an action, tried by the court without a jury, to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant hospital in the removal of a pterygium over the nasal cornea of the plaintiff’s left eye. (Pterygium is a triangular overgrowth of the bulbar conjunctiva from the nasal side.)
At the close of plaintiff’s case the defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case. Decision thereon was reserved. Defend*154ant thereupon rested without offering any proof and renewed its motion to dismiss.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Meiselman v. Crown Heights Hospital, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Seneris v. HaasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Pike v. . HonsingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Dillon v. Rockaway Beach Hospital & DispensaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Benson v. . DeanNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Kenneth E. Sitts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Pipers v. RosenowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Johnson v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- De Falco v. Long Island College HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1977
- Kennelly v. St. Mary's HospitalNew York Supreme Court · 1966
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